Word: za
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Noted speakers for non-Christian religions, including Moslem Muhammad Za-frulla Khan, a judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague, and Buddhist U Chan Htoon, Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, contributed speeches of great good will. But it was Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof of Pittsburgh's Rodef Shalom Temple (Reform) who came close to denning much that is wrong with religious liberalism. Said he: There is a "sort of spiritual restlessness, a hunger" in the hearts of modern men, and it is expressed, among other things, by the bestsellers. The type of religion found...
...thundering cries of nationalism that rocked North Africa have failed to disrupt the lands to the south and west. Even Mauritania's powerful Emir of Trar-za, absolute ruler of 50,000 warriors, who stunned Paris by swearing allegiance to the King of Morocco last April, has declared: "No one can say that France has exploited Mauritania. On the contrary, it has been for her a burden." Most of French West Africa's present leaders want France to carry the burden for a long time to come-and France willingly does so in the firm belief that, with...
...TRAVEL (567 pp.)-Henry James-Edited by Morton Dauwen Za-bel-Doubleday...
...banshee wails that the singers and orchestra are barely audible. Solos break off at tantalizing spots. But for all that, the records offer invaluable testimony to the student of singing on the style, range and phrasing of such otherwise unrecorded golden-agers as Jean De Reszke, Albert Saléza and Georg Anthes, and such better-preserved stars as Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Johanna Gadski, Marcella Sembrich and Antonio Scotti. Every so often, the patient listener is suddenly rewarded by hearing the great voices shine through the surface fog-Scotti in Act II of Pagliacci, Melba in the Lucia...
...Arrests. According to Premier Za-hedi's government, the ring was set up not only to spy but to start a rebellion at the proper moment, with its agents so placed as to be able to assassinate the Shah, the Premier and other key figures. It had an accurate picture of the strength and disposition of the entire Iranian armed force, including an itemization and location of all U.S.-supplied equipment. Tragically enough, some of the ring's most useful informants were not Reds but pro-Mossadegh officers suckered into what they thought was a simple plot...